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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 4-16-85 PAGE 6 possibility is that the Reid Park Pond is about one foot lower than the 32nd Street Pond, and the area between the two is about thirty foot wide. So it is possible to remove about one foot of water off of the 32nd Street Pond. It is more expensive as we would have to either cut a culvert or pump the water thru the ridge, and some of the gravel trails that were constructed around the Reid Park Pond a couple of years ago would be underwater, and there is some investment there. M/S/P Morgan/Dunn - To bring in crushed rock to make sure that the fire hydrant on 32nd Street remains accessable to the fire department. (Motion carried 5-0) Morgan suggested that if a gravity hose could reduce the 32nd Street Pond without killing any significant trees around the Reid Park Pond, this too would be appropriate. The City Engineer will look at this possibility. Regarding the Beutel Pond situation, the Engineer stated that in 1980, the City constructed a valved outlet from Beutel Pond. This construction was mainly for the immediate benefit of the Jamaca Court residents. When the City received the DNR permit to construct the outlet, one of the conditions was that to release water from Beutel Pond the requirement would be that we would be able to store it on Eagle Point. The present condition of Eagle Point is that it is overflowing over the sandbagged weir, it is about three inches over the maximum safe level for the dyke, and at this time he recommended that the City not permit a release from Beutel Pond. The situation of Beutel.Pond is that it is approximately 2-1/4 feet above its outlet, but it has not yet reached the level at which we initiated pumping a number of years ago before the outlet was constructed. Regarding Legion Pond, the Engineer reported that this pond continues to increase in elevation and that some neighbors have contacted a contractor to have an earthen dike constructed to protect their walkout levels. C. 1985,MSA Update The Engineer displayed a map of the proposed 1985 MSA construction. program which is Lower 33rd Street from Lake Elmo Avenue to Klondike Avenue. The City Council has previously ordered a feasibility study to be prepared on this road. During the topography survey phase, it was determined that the existing right-of-way is 33' wide. The MSA standard for right-of-way is 60' minimum. To acquire the addiional 27' of additional right-of-way would involve the taking of two buildings and the severe reduction in the setback of a third building. The Engineer explained that the planned roadway section forMis street is 28, wide from curb to curb with no parking on either side of the street allowed. There is a variance procedure for requesting deviations from State Aid standards. The Engineer recommended that the necessary process be started to request a variance from the right-of-way with standards. The alternative would be to simply abandon the State Aid project which would mean that Lower 33rd Street would have to be reconstructed with all -local funda. - _